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How to install a program from a tar.gz file on Linux easily.

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I am needing to install Emacs on my computer and I have decided to install from source. This is easy on Linux, I had to ensure I had the latest build of Emacs. Then I could compile the source code. Download the source here: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-26.3.tar.xz. Firstly, extract the source to a folder. 4.4 Wed Oct … Read more

How to install a program in Linux that comes as a tar.gz file.

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Sometimes you will encounter a program that you have downloaded that comes as a compressed tar.gz file. This is a tar file that is compressed with the gzip program to compress the contents. This usually contains C or C++ source code and the requirements to easily compile the program. Firstly you need to unpack the … Read more